"Old Man Sun, what are you doing?!"
Aunt Li's voice rang out.
Clearly, she was anxious.
Everyone was caught off guard by Sun Youfu's sudden action.
Just now, they were all thinking about what Sun Youfu and Jiang Xiaoyue had said.
Hesitating whether to follow their example,
To go all out, even if it meant risking their lives!
After all, if it weren't for Mr. Qi, they would have no idea where they would have died.
How could they have the current peaceful days?
Before they could think for a moment, Old Man Sun, who had been the first to speak up, had knocked out the young girl Yue with a stick.
What was he doing?
A group of old, weak, sick, and disabled people looked at each other.
They didn't understand what was happening now.
Some, like Aunt Li, directly shouted:
"Sun Youfu, why did you hit Yue girl?"
"Are you senile, why are you hitting Yue girl?!"
...
"Holy crap, holy crap. What's going on?"
"Damn, damn, damn! I was just about to praise this old man for being loyal and passionate... and then this reversal."
Not only were the villagers stunned, but the viewers in the live stream who had watched from beginning to end were also bewildered.
No one had expected Sun Youfu's blow just now.
Everyone was startled.
They were just talking fine, how did he knock someone down?
"Xiaoyue: ... I said this stick was good, but you didn't have to test it on my head."
"Xiaoyue: Are you polite?"
"I have a bold and terrifying idea... This old man isn't thinking that since Mr. Qi is gone, he'll just go all out, seize this place first, and take over?"
As soon as this bullet comment appeared, it immediately triggered the experience of many viewers who had followed dramas and novels for many years.
Conspiracy theories surfaced in their minds.
"I don't think that's very likely. There are still able-bodied men in the village. No matter what, it wouldn't be the old man's turn."
"So, he took advantage of the fact that the able-bodied men weren't back and quickly took all the food and drink he could use, then found a mountain to hide on."
"No way... Mr. Qi just had an accident."
"Oh my god! You guys stop, stop, stop! I wasn't scared by the old man, but by your bullet comments."
...
"Cough, cough, cough! Cough, cough, cough!"
After hitting Jiang Xiaoyue, Sun Youfu coughed for a while, leaning on the nearby cabinet.
After catching his breath, he said to everyone:
"We old men are enough to scout the path to the bandits."
"Yue girl and the others are still young and have more paths to walk."
As for them, the old men, if they could help, it would be a gain.
If they couldn't help, it wouldn't be a loss.
If Mr. Qi returned, he would still need these young people to help him do things.
"You..."
Everyone present was stunned.
They didn't expect the old man to have thought so much.
In the village, including Sun Youfu, there were four old people.
Three old men and one old woman.
After a brief moment of stunned silence, they stepped out of the crowd one after another.
"You're right, the young people have more paths to walk."
"Let us old men have some use."
"Alas—the meals these days were not eaten in vain."
Several old men came to the center of the room and stood with Old Man Sun.
They grinned, revealing a few lonely teeth inside.
Since arriving at Xiangshui Village, they had undoubtedly been assigned the least amount of work.
But they never lacked food and drink in the village.
They had also lived a few good days.
"..."
The women in the village looked at these four old men.
For some reason, although they had disliked these old people who only ate and did nothing in the past,
At this moment, they were no longer eating and doing nothing.
They felt a bit strange in their hearts.
They even wished that it would be good if these old guys could continue to eat and do nothing...
The children also seemed to be infected by the atmosphere and looked at the adults helplessly.
There was a feeling that something bad was about to happen.
"You old men, you talk so nicely."
Amidst the solemn atmosphere, Aunt Li suddenly spoke.
As she spoke, she stepped forward and helped Jiang Xiaoyue onto a nearby bed.
"You old man didn't hit her lightly... The young girl is quite delicate."
After putting the young girl down, she turned to look at the old men and said:
"With your physiques, let alone scouting, you'll probably fall on the mountain."
As soon as she finished speaking, the faces of several old men turned red.
Sun Youfu, with his neck stiffened, was about to retort.
He then heard the woman continue, "This way, all women over 25 who are willing to go, let's go scout the path together."
"It's not right to just let the old men go, we women can also contribute."
"I can help too!" a child of eight or nine years old raised her hand and shouted.
"I can too!"
"Then, then I can too!"
Several children spoke out one after another.
Their attitude was so active and eager, it was as if they were going on an adventure rather than going to their deaths.
These young faces and innocent voices made the adults present laugh.
The solemn and tragic atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.
The women, with their hands on their hips or patting their chests, said:
"Go, go, at most we'll lose our lives."
"If the children want to help, they need to grow up quickly."
"Eighteen years later, they will be good men! No, eighteen years later I want to be a turtle and live a long life."
"Hahahaha..."
...
As everyone in the room was laughing, hurried footsteps sounded from outside.
Seven or eight men, carrying hoes, axes, and other items, ran back to the village with fierce momentum.
Looking around, they saw that only this house had people.
So they ran over directly.
But when they arrived, they saw a room full of laughing people.
They couldn't help but look surprised.
Their hands holding the hoes felt a bit out of place.
"Where is Mr. Qi? Didn't they say Mr. Qi was robbed by bandits?"
Why was this scene different from what they had imagined?
...
"So that's how it is, I was narrow-minded."
"After a reversal, there's another reversal, I really can't guess it..."
"In this world, perhaps what people want is actually purer?"
In the live stream, the viewers never expected things to develop this way.
While feeling that Mr. Qi was worth it, they couldn't help but feel a little sad for the scene before them.
What is something you think is very precious, but is actually very cheap?
—Human life in troubled times.
What is something in troubled times that you think is cheap, but is actually very precious?
—Sincerity.
And there are some people who can make others give their sincerity and risk their lives!
"Although that's the case... can such a grassroots team do it?"
"I think... it's not very good."
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